Mt. Pulag is the second highest peak in the Philippines. It is home to 528 species of plants, and 33 species of animals including the endangered Philippine deer, giant bushy-tailed cloud rat and the long-aired fruit bat. It is revered as a mecca of nature lovers and mountain hikers. But now it is being denuded.…
Day: July 14, 2007
Human Security Act
NI GELACIO GUILLERMO Inilathala ng Bulatlat Vol. VII, No. 23, July 15-21, 2007 Titina, my Titina Buksan mo ang pamana Upang aming makita Ang tunay mong ganda Ay, lintek! Human Security Act pala! Tito-tita, my Titina Burat ni Bush ang pamana Fighting 69 sa pambobomba Ang bombero’t bomberita Kilig sa durian si Titina! Patigasin mga…
Nostos
BY MARK ANGELES Posted by Bulatlat Vol. VII, No. 23, July 15-21, 2007 This is a place for the lost. In this place there are only pictures of them as in a memorial for the dead. Though they are not dead. Only presumed. Since the last of them – eyes, arms, limb, hairstrand, even the…
HSA
NI NOEL SALES BARCELONA Inilathala ng Bulatlat Vol. VII, No. 23, July 15-23, 2007 Bayan, huwag matakot na lumaban Ngayong laya mo’y saklot ng halimaw. Ang nananahimik — Ngayon ay sisigaw: Sa kanyang nasa trono Ihampas ang sariling baston! Sa kanya ipalulon Ang sariling lason! Ang sariling uto s— Sa iyo ang hambalos! (Human Security…
Migrant Group Assessed POEA Policy Reforms as a Failure
Calling it a sugar-coated extortion scheme, Migrante International said that the policy reforms issued by the Philippine Overseas Employment Agency (POEA) which supposedly sets a minimum wage of $200-$400 for domestic workers abroad, prohibits the charging of placement fees, but requires them to undergo training, at a cost of P10, 000 to P15, 000 ($218…
Local Critics Worried by GMA’s Dev’t Plan for Central RP
President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo’s critics in Negros Occidental have a different view of her development plan for Central Philippines, with most saying it will only worsen the “already acute exploitation and oppression of the people” and the “plunder” of the region’s rich resources. BY KARL. G. OMBION Bulatlat Vol. VII, No. 23, July 15-21, 2007 President…
Benguet IPs to Philex: Stop Mining
Indigenous communities in Benguet have recently decided to reject the mining operations of Philex, which they say have displaced natives and destroyed the local environment in the last 50 years. BY LYN V. RAMO Northern Dispatch Posted by Bulatlat Vol. VII, No. 23, July 15-21, 2007 ITOGON, Benguet – “Maymayat a sumardeng da laengen nga…
NCIP to Facilitate Philex-Benguet IP Talks
While affected indigenous peoples in Tuba and Itogon towns in Benguet have resolved to stop operations of Philex Mining Corporation, the local office of the National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP) ordered another round of dialogues between them and the mining firm. BY LYN V. RAMO Northern Dispatch Posted by Bulatlat Vol. VII, No. 23,…
In War vs Youth Offenders, Duterte Reaches for the Shotgun
Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte has created an “Anti-Hoodlum Unit” that will go after gang members and abusive cabbies. He said the unit can shoot these “embarrassments to the city” with shotguns if necessary. “I warn you,” he said last week. “You bring out the worse in me.” He also warned child advocates to get…
Lafayette Mining Files P10 Million Libel Suit, Environment Groups Cry Harassment
The law against libel is being misused once again to silence critics. This time, it was filed against environment groups by a mining company, Lafayette Mining. BY AUBREY MAKILAN Bulatlat Vol. VII, No. 23, July 15-21, 2007 A form of harassment and intimidation, this was how environmental activists view the libel suit reportedly filed by…
One year after its burning: Radyo Cagayano Rises from the Ashes
It was the first of July, a Sunday. People were rushing over to the public market after the Mass in Barangay San Jose, Baggao, Cagayan. A van parked amid the many tricycles and the farmers’ kuliglig (generator-powered vehicles). Several people alighted and started the sound system up. Within minutes, Radyo Cagayano’s voice went back on…